tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279035.post1367960923129542791..comments2022-04-13T09:08:07.220+03:00Comments on Biur Chametz: Why "Biur Chametz"?Zman Biurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593492318098902028noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279035.post-21401918360061019792004-11-16T14:00:00.000+02:002004-11-16T14:00:00.000+02:00Here is a related story I thought you might enjoy ...Here is a related story I thought you might enjoy if you haven't seen it already:<br><br>A young man once came to the Alter Rebbe and asked, "Rebbe, what do I lack?" The Alter Rebbe answered, "You lack nothing. You are pious and a scholar. But you must rid yourself of the chometz, self-awareness, and arrogance. You must instill within yourself matzah, renunciation of self. By law, a vessel used for chometz with fire can be made kosher for Passover use only by being subjected to heat intense enough to make sparks fly, or until the outer shell is removed."A Simple Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04158902792838896670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279035.post-50534689095517360272004-11-17T14:11:00.000+02:002004-11-17T14:11:00.000+02:00Thanks for the story. I have heard versions of it,...Thanks for the story. I have heard versions of it, though other readers may not have.<br><br>Unfortunately, blogging can be difficult without a dose of "self-awareness and arrogance." "Renunciation of self" doesn't easily go along with public pontificating.Zman Biurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593492318098902028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279035.post-363367032127426442004-11-17T16:39:00.000+02:002004-11-17T16:39:00.000+02:00I think I know the drash to which you referred abo...I think I know the drash to which you referred above, and it confirms my original understanding of your name. Unless I am very wrong, you're out to destroy all that chametz, metaphorically, represents.DovBearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279035.post-30555000365850878892004-11-17T18:15:00.000+02:002004-11-17T18:15:00.000+02:00You're right and you're wrong.Your interpr...You're right and you're wrong.<br><br>Your interpretation was <em>part</em> of what I had in mind in choosing the name. (Though, realistically, my aspirations are far more modest than "destroying all that chametz represents" - I'd settle for "some". And I'm not that violent; I prefer <em>biur</em> as explanation to <em>biur</em> as destruction.)<br><br>Yet the <em>drash</em> I'm referring to is a different one. As far as I know it's original to me, and I've published a brief version of it under my real name. One of these years I intend to write it up at greater length for an appropriate publication. (Any suggestions as to appropriate places to submit an analysis of the symbolic connotations of Passover?)Zman Biurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593492318098902028noreply@blogger.com